Elon Musk says he’s washing his hands of politics, following his time in Washington, D.C. Speaking to Y Combinator’s AI Startup School, the founder of SpaceX touched on a number of subjects from his early days as an entrepreneur to the future of artificial intelligence to his detour as a political influencer and part of the current administration.

Elon Musk has promised that his AI business, xAI, will help to revolutionize society. Before it can do that, however, the company is going to need to become fiscally viable—a goal it hasn’t quite met yet.

The rate at which the company is bleeding cash provides a stark illustration of the unprecedented financial demands of the artificial intelligence industry, particularly at xAI, where revenues